Quoted: ?What it is for the middle class is extra money to make sure they can have a vacation that year, or they can buy another TV, or a nicer car,? said Sara Goldrick-Rab, an associate professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who has studied the impact of financial aid programs on student enrollment and persistence. ?It is not for putting food on the table, and it?s not paying the heating bill, and it?s not deciding whether or not the kid goes to college.?